How we characteristically respond to such maltreatments, believe it or not, goes to the heart of who we are. Our reaction provides us with a choice – to live a life that is bitter and frustrated or to live one where we know how to co-exist tolerably. An often ignored but crucial part of living is how to complain constructively to those who hurt us
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Ramakrishna Paramahansa was an Indian Hindu mystic and saint in the nineteenth century Bengal. Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk and a chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Once Ramakrishna attained enlightenment, his focus on Vivekananda grew even more since he saw the latter as a means to spread his message around the world; he saw […]
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Celebrating the Eternal Teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji My connection with Guru Nanak Dev Ji goes back to my childhood. I was born in a Hindu family, and when I was a 6-7-year-old boy, I used to see my father going to a nearby Gurudwara in Panipat. My father had a very strange job. […]
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In this world, hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible.
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One day when Bodhi didn’t come out of the bathroom for a long time we knocked on the door and called out to him. He came out after sometime and said that he had got so absorbed in listening to the song of Bhagwad Gita that he didn’t realise how long he had been inside. […]
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It is impossible to try and track every single thought you have to see if it is having a positive or negative influence on your emotional state. The thoughts that are most influential are those where you literally talk to yourself.
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Believe as you sit by the dying person that you are sitting by someone who has the true potential to be a Buddha. Imagine their buddha nature as a shining and stainless mirror and all their pain and anxiety a thin, grey mist on it that can quickly clear. This will help you to see them as loveable and forgivable and draw out of your unconditional love
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It was yesterday — or perhaps 50 years ago — when Osho, the Enlightened Mystic, made a prophecy that now feels chillingly accurate. He foresaw that the next fifty years would be a turning point in human history. On one side, he said, there would be madly destructive politicians. On the other, just a handful […]
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God is your inner voice . No priest is needed , you need not have any instructions from anybody about your life . But one thing has to be done : you have to move inward so that you can hear the still , small voice . Once it is heard , once you know […]